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Children as inventors: orchestrating an informal pedagogic scenario with digital resources (2014)
Journal Article
Crook, C., & Harrison, C. (2014). Children as inventors: orchestrating an informal pedagogic scenario with digital resources. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTEL.2014.060027

A pedagogic scenario is described for providing primary school children with an understanding of the processes of invention while cultivating a sense of identity as ‘inventor’. This scenario is positioned at the boundary of in-class and out-of-class... Read More about Children as inventors: orchestrating an informal pedagogic scenario with digital resources.

The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Dalby, D. (2014). The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students.

This study of recent school-leavers in Further Education explores students’ opinions of relevance and how these are influenced by their experiences of different mathematics curricula in school and college. These vocational students are taught mathema... Read More about The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students.

Sustaining the turnaround: what capacity building means in practice (2014)
Journal Article
Day, C. (2014). Sustaining the turnaround: what capacity building means in practice. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 12(1),

The purpose of this paper is to show how successful, sustained school improvement in schools in urban settings which serve highly disadvantaged communities relies upon the qualities and skills of their principals to engage, simultaneously, in capacit... Read More about Sustaining the turnaround: what capacity building means in practice.

The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Evans, S., Mullins, N., & Waring, L. (2014). The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers.

The benefits of learning mathematics by comparing, reflecting on and discussing multiple approaches to a problem are well-known (Silver, 2005). However, teachers using non-routine problem-solving tasks designed to encourage multiple approaches face c... Read More about The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers.

Minimal interventions in the teaching of mathematics (2014)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2014). Minimal interventions in the teaching of mathematics. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2(3),

This paper addresses ways in which mathematics pedagogy can benefit from insights gleaned from counselling. Person-centred counselling stresses the value of genuineness, warm empathetic listening and minimal intervention to support people in solving... Read More about Minimal interventions in the teaching of mathematics.

‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, C. (2014). ‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally.

It is now almost 40 years since Skemp’s (1976) seminal division of understanding into ‘instrumental’ and ‘relational’ categories, yet the current political direction of mathematics education in the UK is decidedly towards the traditional teaching of... Read More about ‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally.

Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, C., Wake, G., & Swan, M. (2014). Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study.

Although the importance of mathematical problem solving is now widely recognised, relatively little attention has been given to the conceptualisation of mathematical processes such as representing, analysing, interpreting and communicating. The const... Read More about Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study.

‘It’s not what it looks like. I’m Santa’: connecting community through film (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, S., & McIntyre, J. (2014). ‘It’s not what it looks like. I’m Santa’: connecting community through film. Changing English, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2014.968348

The lived experiences of young people are becoming increasingly marginalised within the narrowly defined curricula of neoliberal contexts. Many young people are also cast within the media according to deficit discourses of youth, which contributes to... Read More about ‘It’s not what it looks like. I’m Santa’: connecting community through film.

The use of alternative double number lines as models of ratio tasks and as models for ratio relations and scaling (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Küchemann, D., Hodgen, J., & Brown, M. (2014). The use of alternative double number lines as models of ratio tasks and as models for ratio relations and scaling.

In this paper we draw on ICCAMS project materials that used the double number line (DNL) to develop secondary school students’ understanding of multiplicative reasoning. In particular, we look at the use of a DNL, and its alternative version, as a mo... Read More about The use of alternative double number lines as models of ratio tasks and as models for ratio relations and scaling.

Global norms, organisational change: framing the rights-based approach at ActionAid (2014)
Journal Article
Magrath, B. (2014). Global norms, organisational change: framing the rights-based approach at ActionAid. Third World Quarterly, 35(7), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2014.926117

This article examines the adoption of the rights-based approach (RBA) to development at ActionAid International, focusing in particular on its Education Theme. Although there has been a considerable volume of work that examines the rise of RBA, inclu... Read More about Global norms, organisational change: framing the rights-based approach at ActionAid.

Public policy and the ‘sustainability’ of adult education (2014)
Journal Article
Milana, M., Rasmussen, P., & Holford, J. (2014). Public policy and the ‘sustainability’ of adult education. Encyclopaideia, 18(40), https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/4658

Sustainable growth and development are intrinsically linked with the ways societal problems are thought of and addressed in public and private policy. However, at times when social and economic crises have shown the fragility of existing institutions... Read More about Public policy and the ‘sustainability’ of adult education.

Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, L., & McGrath, S. (2014). Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges. Journal of International and Comparative Education, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.14425/00.73.63

VET policy in South Africa is based on a set of assumptions regarding the identity of learners and why learners are in public further education and training (FET) colleges. These assumptions reflect an international orthodoxy about the centrality of... Read More about Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges.

Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, L., & McGrath, S. (2014). Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa. International Development Policy / Revue internationale de politique de développement, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.1784

In the late 1990s, South Africa was faced with the triple challenge of reforming the Apartheid divided institutional landscape of vocational education and training (VET) institutions; addressing equitable access to skills; and reorienting its skills... Read More about Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa.

Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England (2014)
Journal Article
Sammons, P., Davis, S., Day, C., & Gu, Q. (2014). Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England. Journal of Educational Administration, 52(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-10-2013-0121

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of mixed methods research in a major three year project and focuses on the contribution of quantitative and qualitative approaches to study school improvement. It discusses the procedures and mu... Read More about Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England.

Science engagement and literacy: a retrospective analysis for students in Canada and Australia (2014)
Journal Article
Woods-McConney, A., Oliver, M., McConney, A., Schibeci, R., & Maor, D. (2014). Science engagement and literacy: a retrospective analysis for students in Canada and Australia. International Journal of Science Education, 36(10), https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2013.871658

Given international concerns about students’ pursuit (or more correctly, non-pursuit) of courses and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), this study is about achieving a better understanding of factors related to high s... Read More about Science engagement and literacy: a retrospective analysis for students in Canada and Australia.

The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa (2013)
Book Chapter
Yuan, T. (2013). The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa. In S. Majhanovich, & M. A. Geo-JaJa (Eds.), Economics, Aid and Education (183-198). Rotterdam: SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-365-2_12

Globalization and the economic growth of some developing countries are not new issues. Moreover, when globalization takes the form of a knowledge-based economy, education is increasingly becoming a crucial factor in the contemporary neo-liberal marke... Read More about The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa.

An e-maturity analysis explains intention–behavior disjunctions in technology adoption in UK schools (2013)
Journal Article
Harrison, C., Tomás, C., & Crook, C. (2014). An e-maturity analysis explains intention–behavior disjunctions in technology adoption in UK schools. Computers in Human Behavior, 34, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.042

This paper addresses the problem of non-significant intention–behavior effects in educational technology adoption, based on a reanalysis of data from the Impact09 project, a UK-government funded evaluation of technology use in high schools in England... Read More about An e-maturity analysis explains intention–behavior disjunctions in technology adoption in UK schools.